Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fetch restriction bypass

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:42 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
> Michael Mol <mikemol <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>> Use a network-mounted distfiles directory on a common file server?
>> That way, once you've downloaded it once, for any system, the package
>> is right there for the rest.
>
>
> Well I do not use NFS or such, but, I do scp the restricted files around.
> My environment is such that it is partitions and systems moved around
> too frequently (used remotely) to use a dist file system.
>
> So, I'd like to bypass the fetch restrictions all together...
> one and for all; any other ideas?

Patch Portage? Having a local patch like that would depend on whether
or not the Portage ebuild supported particular hooks, but I don't
remember the specifics.

If you're using scp, you might consider using sshfs for your
distfiles. Or, heck, dropbox.


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